This is a new fettlingproject to me. The "Kriegslicht"=(Warlight) is made of iron under the 1.ww and burns alcohol, while it was possible for people at home to produce the fuel without being in competition with the army. The Kriegslicht works the same way as the Tito Landi, though both to me really are pressurelamps, but not accepted as so. The Kriegslicht as the Tito landi, dont work without preheating to build up pressure and vapour, not like the Aladdin 23 that you just light without preheating. Did anyone here try to fettle such then please share experience? thanks Claus C
Yes PB it uses a chimney, straight glasstube and a mantle too. It is made around 1915, so its a oldtimer Claus C
Blimey!...Another age indeed!.. ..Only heard of oil type lamps like this, didn't even know about alcohol/spirit types.. ....Were they as common as the oil types or back then did it depend more on where you were and what you could get hold of maybe??
I have fettled a couple of HS2, which practically is the same lamp. Is it anything in particular you wonder about? I think it sounds like you got the hang of most things already. If the wick isn't clogged up and the orifice is free, it's just to fill it up with ethanol and give the wick time to be well saturated. Preheat it and let the stream of gas loose. A regular gaslight mantle of the narrow type works well on these, even if a tad bit too large. As always, I use old Aladdin gaslight mantles here too, just as with Tito Landi's. Good luck, and we expect a picture of it running soon enough!
Yes PB, common depends on what time you were living. In those war-days these lamps were wide spread out and took over the normal kerosenelamps. They were even sold just as burners to replace existing oillamps and to use the same fonds as those, though some probably also was sold with original fonds. Today they are found often attacked by rust and not so common. You should show the fettling here Christer. The very thin shield around the burner is to be taken of. The little vertical screw on the side of the shield wont come of straight away. Before I use a bigger hammer I would like to know if it eventually has a left-coil or normal rightcoil and if there is some sort of lock hidden somewhere on it, a lock-screw ex. Second is the cotton-wick. I would like to replace it, while the wick almost is falling apart coursed by age. The wick also needs a new stick/fork to go up from the bottom of the burner, because the old one is rusted almost away damageing the wick that way too. So wickmaterial is wanted and a place to buy it. Then there is my missing gallery. Since they were made to fit kerosene-lamps originally, would it then be possible to get a gallery from a wick-lamp and hammer the 2 screw-on fittings using heat and hammering? If you have been through just some of that - then it would be nice to see your experience here. I already have a box of upright mantles and the glass I hope to buy either by StugaCabana or local here in DK. I will certainly not just fire it up. Its not a Volvo Christer I normally chase away the chickens before I start something that old up After all that - then you might get at picture of it running. This fond, by the way, carry traces after flame-gilding. Very very nice but a pity it only is left on 1/4 of the fond Claus C
....Say that to most people over here and you might get quite a different reaction ???... ... ..... ............... Thanks Claus ..Much as I thought really, although alcohol lamps seem to me more of a Continental/ European/ American thing, or is that just me?...Seems to be all Paraffin over 'ere?... ...And you say Iron with Guilding???...Take it you mean Cast Iron as it has nice detailing??..
I actually never thought about the spread of alcohol-lamps PB The most common lamps here is kerosene, but often ca. 1:30 I see a alcoholburner. Uh oh no the flamegilding is on the fond and the fond is all brass, sorry about that. It is the burner that carries ironparts that often is attacked badly by rust. I dont know the correct English word for it, but in Danmark we call it "lueforgyldning". Lue is smaller than a flame and if you search that Danish word, you will find a very poisones way of gilding that mostly only convicts were used for. Mercury was involved with heating, so gasses were not so good. Claus C
...Doh!...I was thinking it would weigh a Ton ! ...So they made the poor old lags do it then?.. ....Maybe they left the prison with ready made counterfeiting skills!!!.. ..... ...
Brännförgyllning in Swedish. I think it's fire-gilding in English. As you say, mercury is involved. It's in the shape of an amalgam with gold, and then you vapourise the mercury out.
...No wonder the lags got to do it then, Brazing fumes are bad enough! . ..... ..No, think I'll stick with Gold Leaf.........It would have sent them mad first, like the Hatters?...Didn't they use Mercury???
Nice burners but the combination of metal (steel) and alcohol isn't a good idea. Biggest issues are always the wick which is stuck rusted in the burner. Claus do you have the gallery too ?
Years ago, Torsten put some images of my H.S. No. 2 alcohol mantle light online over there: http://scherning.udicom.de/Lampen/HS_licht.htm I have some images of my Kriegslicht http://www.colag.de/kriegslicht_eg.html which came NIB as an E&G made burner with Hugo Schneider instructions. Another early piece is Aschner's mantle light as pictured there: http://www.colag.de/aschner1903_e.html and there: http://hytta.de/info/aschner/index.htm An idea for making a mantle for the lamp is pictured here: http://www.colag.de/make_a_mantle.html Good luck finding the gallery. chimney is not a problem. Erik
No Wim I dont have the gallery. This is going to be a harder part to get but atleast it doesnt rust so maybe kanabalising will do here - unless you have one too much for sale Thanks Erik, this is good links and also containing further links Well I did get the little screw of without problem + the shield. The wick I had to remove violently and the metal-tube around it was completely rusted, so a new tube is to be made and that recipe I found through your links Erik Right now the unit is in electrolysis-bath and looks promising. Fotos of this disasterprojekt will come. Claus C
